Improved bedstead



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T() ALL WHQM IT MAY CONCERN:

Be it known. that I, B. F. WOODSID, of Atlanta, in the county ot'Fulton, and Sta-te oli' Georgifnhave v invented a. new and improvedBellet-end.; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full,clear, and exact description thereof', which will enable others skilledin the art to make and use the stl-me, reference being had to `theaccompanying drawings, forming port ot' this specification, in which-Figure 1 is a. vertical longitudinal section of my improved hedstead,taken through the line :v x, fig. 2.

Figure 2 is a top or plan View ofthe same, pui-tbv in section, throughthe line y y, tig. 1.

Figure?) is :1n under side View of the some when folded, partly insection, through the line z z, -fig. 1.

Similar letters of reference indicate like parts.

My invention has for its'objeet to furnish :m improved bedstead soconstructed and arranged ns to be easilyr and quickly folded into a.compact form for storage, transportation, or for speedy removal from thehouse in ense of ire; and it consists in hinging vthe Slat-frames to theend rails 01' ports ofithe beilsteztd, and ilrmaking the-side rails intwo parts, hinged to each other at the centre, ond to the posts at theirends; the whole being constructed und arranged as hereinafter more fullydescribed.

A and B are the head posts, and() and `D are the footposts of thebedsteud. E are the side rails, und F arevthehend railsor parts of thebedstead. The end rails F are made und attached to the posts A B C inthe usual manner. G :tre the slatffraxnes, the ends of the cross-slntsgl of which are securely attached to the side bars g2, which extend fromthe ends of the bedstead to its centre, es shown in tig. 2. Theslat-frames G are hinged :it their ends to the end rails F, os shown infigs. 1 and 2, so that they may be turned into n verti cal positionalong the inner sides of the head and foot boards, as shown in iig-3. prlhe side rails E are madel each in two parts, e1 and e, and e3 and e",as shown in figs., 1, 2, end The parts el and e2 are hinged to euch`other at the middle of the hedstend, and arehinged at their ends to theposts A and C. The parts e3 and c4 ot' the other side rail ure hinged inthe same way. The hinges are so arranged that the side rails may befolded inward, as shown in iig. 3. H are pins, attached to andprojecting from the inner sides ,of the side rails E, to support theslut-frames G, the side hers g2 of which rest upon them. Upon the innersides of the ports e and c" oftheside rails E, are formed holes, in suchpositions that when the bedstead is folded the middle pins of the seidparts el andA e* may enter the said holes, enablingi the bedstead to befolded more 'compactly than it could otherwise be. I is a. hook, pivotedto the under side-of one of the end rails F, which7 when the bedstead.

is folded, hooks into a. staple attached tothe under side of the otherend rail, and which, when the bedstead is extended, hooks into a. stapleattached to the under side of the rail towhieh the said hook is pivoted.

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent., is

1. The slet-frame G, hinged to the end rails F, in such a. manner as tobe v.each folded vertically against thehend and foot boards, and whenturned down, to rest upon the pins H, in the hinged side rails E,thereh)7 holding them spread and the bedsteadin position, as herein setforth for the purpose specified.

2.` The sections c! :ind c* ofthe side rails E, `provided with holes forthe reception of the pins H upon the sections c2 e, when foldedtogether,-whereby the bedstead is folded more compaetly, and verticalmovement of the section permitted as herein set forth for the purposespecified.

B. F. WOODSIDE.

Witnesses'.

Geo. Rossem., JOHN GooDMAN.

